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Happy Developer Saturday Mac Users!

Staring at that tiny cutout changed everything. It sits just a hair away from where the lens hides. A thought hit me - why not slide a teleprompter right into that space? The idea felt strange, yet obvious. That little gap had been ignored for too long. Something useful could live there after all.

CueNotch started with a simple idea. Paste your words - your lines show up right in the screen's notch instead. As you glance down, they sit exactly where your eyes land by habit. Looking straight ahead means reading without breaking gaze. Every call feels like you're truly present. That quiet connection? It stays unbroken.

What stands out the most? Probably Ghost Mode. It hides the teleprompter entirely when you share your screen - works on Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Loom, even OBS. Viewers just see your desktop, nothing else. Meanwhile, your lines stay right in front of you. They won’t catch on.

A few other things it does:

Faster talk means quicker movement through the lines. Slowing down? The page waits. Words keep step without skipping ahead. Matching rhythm happens naturally, no buttons needed. Pace shifts adjust instantly - no lag, no rush

Suddenly, words flow like talk between friends. This tool tweaks lists into chat-style lines right on your device. Nothing sends out data, everything stays put. No web hookups required, just smooth local runs. Polished phrases appear without fanfare. Runs quiet, works fast, keeps privacy tight

Presentation view splits your script into individual frames using - marks. Move forward or back through them by pressing the arrow buttons on your keyboard. Each slide appears one at a time, separated exactly where you place those dividers. Navigation happens smoothly with left and right keystrokes. The structure stays clear without extra tools or settings. Slides follow the order written in your original text. You control pacing simply by tapping arrows as needed

Font size, colors, and how see-through things look can change any way you want. The speed when scrolling shifts just how you prefer it. A flowing border moves with your voice, rising and falling as sound comes in. Each piece fits your choice, not locked one way. Nothing stays fixed unless you decide

Eighteen years old, just started college for computer science back home . This marks the debut of my very first application sitting live on the Mac App Store. Put it together using Swift paired with SwiftUI for the interface design work.

Try it free - three times each day. A week of every feature waits, no payment details asked. Pay once later, twenty-nine ninety-nine for everything, forever. Access stays yours.

https://apps.apple.com/in/app/cuenotch/id6760926058?mt=12

Curious to know your take on it - thoughts are totally open here.

I've been using macOS for years and the built-in screenshot tool has always felt half-finished - no annotation, no scroll capture, no quick upload. CleanShot X fixes all of that but costs $29+/year. Shottr is great but nags you to pay.

So I built my own. But with even more features. Already at 380 stars on GitHub in 2 weeks.

MacShot is a native Swift + AppKit screenshot & screen recording tool. Fully free, open source (GPLv3), no telemetry, no account, no nag screens. Ever.

https://preview.redd.it/8h03m9fgv6tg1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c470a3db3ebe7bcf3e02d6aaacd60a558ab12d06

Here's what it does:

Capture

• Global hotkey (Cmd+Shift+X) freezes screen -> select region -> annotate -> copy/save/upload
• Window snap detection (hover and click to capture any window)
• Scroll capture - auto-scrolls and stitches into one tall image
• Multi-monitor support, full-screen capture, capture delay (3/5/10/30s)

https://preview.redd.it/kdp0fd1zu6tg1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55a90cb4997686e4cc43ad6da45140d51ff1c668

18 Annotation Tools

• Arrow (5 styles), Line, Rectangle, Ellipse, Pencil, Marker/Highlighter
• Text with rich formatting (bold, italic, alignment, background color)
• Numbered labels (auto-incrementing), Emoji stamps
• Pixelate, Blur, Smart Erase (samples surrounding color for invisible redaction)
• Pixel ruler, 2x Magnifier loupe, Color sampler
• Rotation, bezier curve bending on arrows/lines, line styles (solid/dashed/dotted)

Screen Recording

• MP4 (up to 120fps) or GIF
• System audio + microphone capture
• Mouse click highlighting
• Built-in video editor for trimming before export

Smart Features

• Auto-redact PII (emails, phone numbers, SSNs, API keys, credit cards) in one click
• OCR with translation to 30+ languages
• QR/barcode detection with decoded payload
• Face & people detection for auto-blurring
• Background removal (macOS 14+)

Output & Upload

• PNG, JPEG, HEIC, WebP with quality control
• One-click upload to Google Drive, imgbb, or any S3-compatible service (R2, AWS, MinIO)
• Beautify mode - 30 gradient background styles including mesh gradients
• Floating thumbnail after capture, pin screenshots on screen, screenshot history

https://preview.redd.it/rbq0dlvsu6tg1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcf73a2ed03a957612e4d84a3261a146f06af2d2

Performance

• ~8 MB memory at idle. Lives in your menu bar, no dock icon
• Pure Swift + AppKit - no Electron, no web views
• macOS 12.3+, Apple Silicon & Intel

Install with Homebrew:

brew install sw33tlie/macshot/macshot

Or grab the DMG from the GitHub releases page.

GitHub: https://github.com/sw33tLie/macshot
Website: https://macshot.io

I'd love feedback - especially on what features you'd want next. Been shipping updates almost daily.

Decided to make this post, since lots of people are wondering should they upgrade to Tahoe.

It's been a week now since I upgraded to Tahoe 26.4, and how's the week been? Well, very pleasant I must say.

I've done my work like I always do, and I really like how the new UI looks (I really do).

The new menu bar is absolutely awesome and I like the new improvements: like icons on folders, in menus, colored folders and customizable control center.

I still don't miss Launchpad since Spotlight and Apps work fast.

Performance is better than on Sequoia. No crashes, very stable system, as expected.

I have encountered few bugs. For some reason a text box stuck hanging on top Spotlight (an app name), reboot fixed that and haven't seen it since. But nothing major. Hopefully they iron them out in the next release.

Overall 26.4 has been a very, very good experience on my all devices M1 Air 8gb, Mini M4 Pro 24gb and iPhone 15. Verdict: I like it a lot and don't miss going back to Sequoia.

I dreaded the upgrade and planned to stay on Sequoia but I'm a developer that cannot run Playground even with Xcode 26. So I bite the bullet and brace for Tahoe. What's surprising is it isn't bad as I thought it would be. Phone is already on 26 so Liquid Glass is a no issue but performance is OK so far.

When I had a Windows laptop, I would back up important files of mine such as photos or written documents on an external storage drive. Now that I use Mac, I started using that external storage drive for Time Machine. My question is if Time Machine backs up only system files, or personal files like photos. Basically I want to know if I hypothetically lose my MacBook and I have a Time Machine backup, would I be able to recover my photos and other personal files as well? Thanks.

Hi all,

I’ve always found macOS file association management weirdly painful.

In daily use, I don’t want everything opened by the same app:

• Markdown → Typora
• Code → VS Code / Cursor
• Simple JSON / TXT / shell files → something lightweight like Sublime Text or CotEditor
• Images → sometimes Preview, sometimes Photoshop / Pixelmator

But macOS still doesn’t offer any kind of central view for this.

You basically have to go through:

Right click → Get Info → Open with → Change All...

…for one file type at a time, over and over.

There’s also no easy way to answer things like:

• what app is currently opening .json?
• which app claimed a bunch of extensions?
• why things get messy after uninstalling certain apps

So I ended up building a small tool called OpenWith.

https://preview.redd.it/ha889m6a46tg1.png?width=2038&format=png&auto=webp&s=a91ee996527c5db260043e5f390110e7cf093673

It’s a lightweight macOS terminal UI (TUI), built in Rust, that lets you:

• view file-extension associations in one place
• see which app is currently the default
• quickly change default apps
• avoid digging through Finder or remembering bundle IDs

It’s fast and minimal, and fits nicely into a dev workflow.

I originally built it just for myself, but I figured others here might run into the same frustration.

Would love any feedback.

https://preview.redd.it/3up6ygfzs3tg1.png?width=576&format=png&auto=webp&s=d44d97c0bd0d2e4fb1322d7bfdf3974fb32ea1a1

I dislike that when you close finder that the dot is still there.

Of course you can't fully close the finder app because it's basically the system, but then I think when you press the red X button it should get rid of the black dot.

And for my last question. Is the red x button just a slight step up from the minimize button?

From my understanding the minimize button of course minimizes it then the red X button semi closes the application and then command Q fully closes the application.

i have a base mac mini m4 and when it goes to sleep and when i come back to it, my 2nd monitor doesn't wake back up. anyone have this issue? is there a fix for it? if i restart my mac mini, both screens will work and it works fine on my pc. but not sure why it does it with my mac?

My two young kids love card games, so I started making a simple Crazy Eights style game for us to play around with. That turned into Olsen, which is based on the Norwegian card game of the same name.

https://preview.redd.it/68gquz5z58tg1.png?width=2880&format=png&auto=webp&s=1bdc93e119ff758038bfb34e8ba4cac77f81c199

The rules are easy to pick up. You match suit or rank, and 8s are wild, so you can use them to choose the next suit. If you cannot play, you draw up to three cards before your turn passes. The goal is just to empty your hand first.

I wanted it to feel calm and easy to come back to, especially for short rounds. So I kept it offline, added AI opponents, and made sure it was simple to start a game without much setup. Also added themes, they thought the original one was a bit boring.

It is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. I originally made it with my kids in mind, but I thought other people who like traditional card games might enjoy it too.

https://apps.apple.com/no/app/olsen-norwegian-card-game/id6760218624

https://preview.redd.it/zm6dj4m208tg1.png?width=570&format=png&auto=webp&s=52d5ac4efc194e3f636c7ebec26d67c61e39e5d2

I used to enjoy when clicking these, it would open a new fullscreen page that is split between both windows.

Now, it just moves the window the right side of the current desktop I'm on. macOS Sonoma.

Anyone know how to fix?

I have 25k Mp3s. I am using but don't like Apple Music. Swinisan is OK.

My problem is neither can get the Artwork or if they can they are not embedded for future use with other apps or devices.

I've tried Picard and mp3 tagger but they mess up my existing Tags.

I want an app that is similar to the two apps above in appearance but downloads and embeds Artwork.

I also use several Playlists which I need to keep.

Any suggestions most welcomed.